Cultural Competence In Healthcare

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As we have learned the past couple of weeks, cultural competence is a very important factor in the health care system. In order for patients to recieve care tailored to their cultural beliefs and practices, health professionals must be aware of these practices and beliefs. In able to become a more culturally competent health care provider one day, I hope to travel every where I can in the world. I believe this is the biggest step I can take to become more culturally competent because emersing yourself in a different culture and experiencing it first hand is key to appreciating and understanding another culture. Although no one in my immediate family has ever traveled out of the United States, I hope to travel as soon as I have the opportunity